How Much Control Do You Have Over Your Mind?

February 3, 2021 10:06pm CST
Having a poor Self-control, I'm becoming more and more Impulsive every time I give in to my urges. If you do certain things over and over again, it will become almost second nature. And it's impossible to break the pattern in your brain. The only way to change it is to create a new pattern in a new environment. I'm suffering from an obsessive-compulsive disorder. Everything around me is triggering me to be impulsive. The Magazines, Social Media, especially Instagram are ruining my life. I'm very nervous to say to what I am addict of, but I have to. I hope someone who was once like me can help me get out of this. I indulge in pleasures of the flesh activities. You know what I mean? I can't control it. The Instagram is full of explicit pictures of models. Just one peek is enough to flip the switch in my mind. No matter what I say to myself, I can't control the urge. The doctors are saying that it's a Healthy Habit to have fun, but it's not. If it's Healthy then why am I miserable most of the time. When I am away from home and not doing it for over a week, I feel happy, motivated, look back and say how disgusting I was earlier. But when I am back home, the old patter takes over. Have you been here? How did you take control of your impulses?
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@Deepizzaguy (102799)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
4 Feb 21
I try to keep my mind on work by using the line from a "Twilight Zone" show called "What Is In The Box." when the male character got in trouble with his wife for not bringing home the money as a cab driver since he was fooling around with women and eventually killed his wife in a fight and wound up being executed for murder according to what he saw on television that predicted his future.
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@Deepizzaguy (102799)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
4 Feb 21
@Arunjack243 You are right.
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4 Feb 21
Thanks. I'll keep that in mind. Short-term pleasure will make me suffer in the long-term.
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@Janet357 (75646)
4 Feb 21
Prayers. Just prayers and self-discipline. Perhaps you are a single man. I don't have those impulses. Just am quick to anger.
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4 Feb 21
I meditate every day. But I don't pray, cuz I'm Agnostic. Yep, I'm single, 21 years old. A series of bad habits are keeping me from socializing.
@Janet357 (75646)
4 Feb 21
@Arunjack243 kEep yourself busy with productive things
@Starkinds (32712)
• India
4 Feb 21
Just stay away from social media
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4 Feb 21
I'm trying to quit Social Media. Failed many times. I'm planning on moving to a new environment where I can't use my smartphone.
@rhuenz (10643)
4 Feb 21
You should and must avoid things which making you impulsive. If magazines and social media is the root of it,then leave it. Choice is ours,we just need an action.
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4 Feb 21
I'm trying and I will quit using them. But everytime I take a break, my brain reminds me that I should be doing what I've always done before. When I resist, I start to panic. I start to breath nervously, and finally give up to feel something instead of emptiness. I experienced this withdrawal symptoms when I quit gaming. I deleted the game, and put myself in a situation where I couldn't play it. I suffered for a week, and then my brain started to rewire. I never played a game after that. I was half a year ago. Even though the solution is obvious, something is pulling me back. I think it is because modern gaming is not driven by my Instincts, whereas the thing I'm doing is Instinctual. I hate it. I must suffer now and change or else I'll suffer more in the future.